Osotsi Godfrey Atieno

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Mr. Speaker, Sir, three minutes is such a short time because I would like to comment on the Sen. Sifuna’s Statement. Sen. Osotsi, that is a Statement under No.52 (1) . It does not attract comments. Okay. Perhaps, we should have another opportunity to make...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. From the onset, I want to congratulate the distinguished Senator for Narok County for this very important Bill. I know, that there are one or two issues that need to be improved from the presentation by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar and others, which...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, allow me to associate myself with the statement by Sen. Okiya Omtatah on the issue of illegal gold mining activities in various parts of western Kenya. Of interest to me is the mining at Ramula, which happens to be on the border between Siaya and Vihiga...

Our very hardworking youth and communities have been losing because of unscrupulous gold miners. In this House, we have been passing additional allocations to the counties. Some counties which ideally should benefit from mineral royalties such as Kakamega and Vihiga have not been benefiting, yet illegal miners are---

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to thank the Senate family for considering Busia County as one of the counties where we are going to have Senate Mashinani. Indeed, it is a great privilege for our region, which is composed of five counties,...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing on a matter of county-wide concern regarding the forceful eviction of traders at Luanda Market in Vihiga County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, there is...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I just wanted to inform her that the community she is referring to, Maragoli, are not just in Migori or any other place. They are also a recognised tribe in Uganda, just next door.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. Let me start by congratulating the Sponsor, Sen. Miraj Abdillahi, for this good Bill. Sen. Miraj, you have demonstrated that nominated Members---

It is important to appreciate that this is a huge contribution, from this Senate, for a nominated Senator to come up with this necessary and important Bill. Therefore, I would like to congratulate Sen. Miraj who was my Member in the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee. She is...

Madam Temporary Speaker, you know Members are not used to this Chamber. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need people like those to be recognised by their respective counties. Like in Vihiga County, we have someone called Ibraham Ambwere, who is probably the richest businessman in this region. No one recognises him....

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I must acknowledge that was a very comprehensive response. However, in the strategies, I did not see a strategy around how to leverage our various diplomatic missions for the purpose of promoting tourism. I have had an opportunity---

It is coming. I had an opportunity to visit a number of very strategic embassies and I was disappointed that nothing happens in those embassies in relation to promotion of tourism. My question to the CS is; what arrangement is there between her ministry and the ministry of foreign relations...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Allow me to make comments on two statements, starting with a statement by Sen. Cherarkey on the reward scheme for sportsmen and women. We need to have a structured reward scheme, probably defined in October 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 18819 law, maybe under the Sports...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The matter before us on the role of deputy governors and the assignment of roles by portfolio by the governor is very important. I thank the Committee for the step they have taken to go through the petition and bring this report to the...

become a governor when we have a vacancy in that office. So, they start undermining the governor. Sometimes he or she is used by your competitors to undermine you. What happens? They instantly become enemies.Therefore, we need to really look at this relationship between the principal and the deputy. How...

I am debating.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get your point.

For us to have a balanced approach to this matter, I suggest that as we look at amending the County Governments Act to provide for the amendment on Section 32(3), so that it is mandatory for governors to assign substantive duties to their deputies, likewise, we must ensure there is...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with you that we have to review the whole idea about the statements. This is because some of the statements that are given in this House are things that you can even just pick a call and call particular people and you get answers....

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to comment on the statement by Sen. Omtatah regarding Kenyatta National Hospital. The issue of Kenyatta National Hospital is a serious one. I would request the Committee on Health to take it very seriously. However, even as we talk about challenges of Kenyatta National...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me support all the Statements that have been raised by Members. However, I will pick only two. The first one is the Statement by Sen. Edwin Sifuna on the high fees being charged in our Vocational Training Centres (VTC) . Vocational Training Centres are...

Sen. Osotsi, the Chair has now changed to ‘Mr. Speaker.’ Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my good friend, I have seen. Sorry for that. This is also another source of corruption because county officials are colluding with bank officials in order to get kickbacks when they get loans from commercial banks...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my good friend, I have seen. Sorry for that. This is also another source of corruption because county officials are colluding with bank officials in order to get kickbacks when they get loans from commercial banks at higher interests. Therefore, a solution needs to be found...

We gave recommendations to CoB and counties, which they have ignored and pending bills are piling in our counties. Why are we here if the things that we pass in this House are never implemented by relevant organization? We have said it many times here that is a high time...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wanted to make a comment on the Statement by the Senator for Kilifi regarding the state of infrastructure of schools in Kilifi County. It is sad that some counties do not have proper school infrastructure. We have been made to believe, especially in this House,...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not want to interrupt my good neighbour and friend, Sen. Cherarkey. However, when it comes to my party, I have to protect it. I am rising on Standing Order No.105. Is it in order for Sen. Cherarkey to claim that Hon. Sakaja is getting...

On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir. Yes, Sen. Osotsi. I think you need to give a thought to what Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is requesting. The fortunate thing in this House is that we have IT experts. I am an IT expert of high standing in this country....

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I just want to clarify a matter. When the expert was confronted with a question to distinguish between a MAC address and IP address; I think there was some confusion there because a MAC address is supposed to be that unique identifier that identifies--- (An hon...

Very well, but let me go now to the point. An IP address in my own understanding, my 25 years of practise is that unique identification that identifies a device on the internet. For example, when you have your phone and you want to transact on the internet, that unique...

Okay, Madam Temporary Speaker, you know in this House, we have a diversity of professions and in this particular one I have a responsibility to guide this House. I would like to know whether the ICT expert did an IP lookup. We have something called an IP lookup where you...

My question was whether the expert did an IP lookup on those IP addresses.

This is because the IP lookup will give you the physical location of the device.

Give him a specific one. I had asked this question earlier, that IP address--- I am guiding you, so that you get what you are looking for because you cannot give evidence from the Senate. You have an intervention. Let us finish with Sen. Osotsi. I am already on intervention....

I am already on intervention. The IP address 41.139.2---

Sen. Eddy, wait. I would like the IT people to--- He is on a point of intervention. Sen. Joyce, you wait until he finalises that exercise. I would like the IT people to give us the screen, maybe to go to the internet, and then I will demonstrate that. I...

I would like the IT people to give us the screen, maybe to go to the internet, and then I will demonstrate that. I am on a point of order.

Very well, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was saying that because the expert will need the assistance of the IT people. They have to display that on the screen.

Sen. Joe Nyutu. That is the last one, then we will have answers.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will restrict myself to IT issues. You made a decision that this House should hire an IT expert, so that we could be guided on the issue of the IT system that was deployed for voting and that would give us a pointer on...

Philip Irode was my student, I trained him on ITIL, which is an international standard on IT security. The only other serious thing that I have seen is on page 16, where the expert brought a checklist that is used in international ICT audit. However, if you go through this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My question to the witness is that the system that was used to do the voting, according to the evidence before us, was developed locally by your people. Is that the case? If that is the case, speaking as an Information Technology (IT) expert, we...

Well, I want to find out from the witness just in line with the question that has been posed by Sen. Omogeni. It is actually from experience because we know these things. I would like you to confirm or deny that maybe some of the monies that you forwarded to...